Plural Ring Nitrogens In The Bicyclo Ring System Patents (Class 514/234.5)
  • Patent number: 9725442
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a compound represented by formula (I), wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, R5, R6, R7, R8, n, p, q, ring A and ring B are as described in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kayoko Hata, Manami Masuda, Hiromi Nakai, Daisuke Taniyama, Hiroyuki Tobinaga, Yoshio Hato, Motohiro Fujiu
  • Patent number: 9700551
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the new use of 1H-indazole-3-carboxamide compounds as glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta (GSK-3?) inhibitors and to their use in the treatment of GSK-3?-related disorders such as, for example, (i) insulin-resistance disorders; (ii) neurodegenerative diseases; (iii) mood disorders; (iv) schizophrenic disorders; (v) cancerous disorders; (vi) inflammation, (vii) substance abuse disorders; and (viii) epilepsies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: AZIENDE CHIMICHE RIUNITE ANGELINI FRANCESCO A.C.R.A.F. S.P.A.
    Inventors: Maria Alessandra Alisi, Nicola Cazzolla, Barbara Garofalo, Guido Furlotti, Gabriele Magaro', Rosella Ombrato, Francesca Mancini
  • Patent number: 9694014
    Abstract: Administration of a monoamine oxidase inhibitor is useful in the prevention and treatment of muscle dystrophy. Methods and compositions for inhibiting the production of reactive oxygen species in a muscle cell overproducing reactive oxygen species are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Universita Degli Studi di Padova
    Inventors: Paolo Bonaldo, Marcella Canton, Fabio DiLisa, Sara Menazza
  • Patent number: 9676783
    Abstract: Compounds useful in the synthesis of compounds for treating pain, cancer, inflammation, neurodegenerative disease or Typanosoma cruzi infection in a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Array BioPharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Julia Haas, Steven W. Andrews, Yutong Jiang, Gan Zhang
  • Patent number: 9676768
    Abstract: The invention relates to bicyclic heterocycle compounds of formula (I): or tautomeric or stereochemically isomeric forms, N-oxides, pharmaceutically acceptable salts or the solvates thereof; wherein R1, R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, p and E are as defined herein; to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: ASTEX THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Steven Howard, Ildiko Maria Buck, Gianni Chessari, Christopher Norbert Johnson, Emiliano Tamanini, James Edward Harvey Day, Elisabetta Chiarparin, Thomas Daniel Heightman, Martyn Frederickson, Charlotte Mary Griffiths-Jones
  • Patent number: 9676771
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting drug-resistant HIV-1 integrase in a subject comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, having a structure of: wherein X is N, C(OH), or CH; Y is H or OH; each of Z1-Z5 is independently H or halogen; R4 is H, OH, NH2, NHR8, NR8R9 or R8; R5, R6, and R7 is each independently H, halogen, OR8, R8, NHR8, NR8R9, CO2R8, CONR8R9, SO2NR8R9, or R5 and R6 together with the carbon atoms to which R5 and R6 are attached form an optionally-substituted carbocycle or optionally-substituted heterocycle; and R8 and R9 is each independently H, optionally-substituted alkyl, optionally-substituted alkenyl, optionally-substituted alkynyl, optionally-substituted aryl, optionally-substituted cycloalkyl, optionally-substituted cycloalkylene, optionally-substituted heterocycle, optionally-substituted amide, optionally-substituted ester, or R8 and R9 together with the nitrogen t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Xue Zhi Zhao, Steven Smith, Mathieu Metifiot, Barry Johnson, Christophe Marchand, Stephen H. Hughes, Yves Pommier, Terrence R. Burke, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9657023
    Abstract: Polymorphs of a bis-mesylate salt of a compound of Formula I: or a hydrate thereof, are provided. The bis-mesylate salt may also be depicted as a compound of Formula IA: Provided herein are also compositions thereof, methods for their preparation and methods for such polymorphs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Gilead Connecticut, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim G. Elford, Peter Chee-Chu Fung, Michael Laird Hurrey, Dimitrios Stefanidis, Dragos Vizitiu
  • Patent number: 9624201
    Abstract: This application discloses compounds according to generic Formula (I): wherein all variables are defined as described herein, which inhibit Btk. The compounds disclosed herein are useful to modulate the activity of Btk and treat diseases associated with excessive Btk activity. The compounds are useful for the treatment of oncological, auto-immune, and inflammatory diseases caused by aberrant B-cell activation. Also disclosed are compositions containing compounds of Formula (I) and at least one carrier, diluent or excipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC., CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO.
    Inventors: Francisco Javier Lopez-Tapia, Sung-Sau So, Qi Qiao, Romyr Dominique
  • Patent number: 9611253
    Abstract: Solid forms comprising pyrazolylaminoquinazoline, compositions comprising the solid forms, methods of making the solid forms and methods of their use for the treatment of various diseases and/or disorders are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Ambit Biosciences Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy David Gross
  • Patent number: 9603820
    Abstract: Therapeutic methods relating to the use of GABA-AT inhibitor compounds for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Richard B. Silverman, Yaron Ilan
  • Patent number: 9579319
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I). The compounds of the invention are hedgehog pathway antagonists. Specifically, the compounds of the invention are useful as Smoothened (SMO) inhibitors. The invention also contemplates the use of the compounds for treating conditions treatable by the inhibition of the Hedgehog pathway and SMO, for example cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Redx Pharma PLC
    Inventors: Richard Armer, Matilda Bingham, Inder Bhamra, Andrew McCarroll
  • Patent number: 9573946
    Abstract: Provided are compounds, compositions and methods for inhibiting fascin activity or treating a condition or disorder mediated by fascin activity in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: Novita Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cornell University
    Inventors: Xin-Yun Huang, Christy Young Shue
  • Patent number: 9562013
    Abstract: Provided herein are HDAC3 inhibitors, as well as methods of treatment comprising administering these compounds to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Acetylon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. van Duzer, Ralph Mazitschek
  • Patent number: 9556150
    Abstract: This application discloses compounds according to generic Formula (I) wherein all variables are defined as described herein, which inhibit Btk. The compounds disclosed herein are useful to modulate the activity of Btk and treat diseases associated with excessive Btk activity. The compounds are useful for the treatment of oncological, auto-immune, and inflammatory diseases caused by aberrant B-cell activation. Also disclosed are compositions containing compounds of Formula (I) and at least one carrier, diluent or excipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Chugai Pharmaceutical Co.
    Inventors: Francisco Javier Lopez-Tapia, Norman Kong, Sung-Sau So, Yan Lou, Romyr Dominique
  • Patent number: 9550770
    Abstract: Chemical entities that are kinase inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of use thereof are described. Specifically quinazoline derivatives of Formula Ia: and their uses in modulating kinase activities are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: NeuPharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiangping Qian, Yong-Liang Zhu
  • Patent number: 9539251
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a combination therapy involving a type II anti-CD20 antibody and a selective Bcl-2 inhibitor for the treatment of a patient suffering from cancer, particularly, a CD20-expressing cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignees: Genentech, Inc., F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
    Inventors: Deepak Sampath, Christian Klein, Wayne John Fairbrother
  • Patent number: 9527818
    Abstract: Provided are a method for producing a sulfonyl amidine compound, which has an excellent gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor antagonism and is useful as a therapeutic agent for gonadotropin-dependent diseases (for example, prostate cancer, breast cancer, endometriosis, uterine fibroid, prostatic hyperplasia, or the like) or a salt thereof, and a synthesis intermediate useful in the production method. The production method of the present invention controls formation of a by-product which is hardly removed unless column purification is conducted and racemization of a target compound, thereby obtaining the target compound with a high purity, and therefore, the production method is suitable for industrial production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Kikuchi, Shinya Yoshida, Atsushi Nakamura, Takahiro Akiba, Toshitaka Yoshino, Shuichi Nakagawa, Kiichi Sato
  • Patent number: 9493454
    Abstract: Kinase with inhibitory activity against kinases disposed in multiple signaling pathways and their therapeutic uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: Tolero Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Mannkind Corporation
    Inventors: Qingping Zeng, Mary Faris, Alexis Mollard, Steven L. Warner, Gary A. Flynn
  • Patent number: 9493474
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds of Formula I having the following general structure: Z1—Y1—(CH2)n1—R—(CH2)n2—Y2—Z2 wherein R represents a fused bicyclic or spirocyclic aliphatic diamine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which are inhibitors of the Renal Outer Medullary Potassium (ROMK) channel (Kir1.1). The compounds are useful as diuretics and natriuretics and therefore are useful for the therapy and prophylaxis of disorders resulting from excessive salt and water retention, including cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and chronic and acute heart failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Shawn P. Walsh, Alexander Pasternak, Zhi-Cai Shi, Brian Cato, Esther Y. Kim
  • Patent number: 9487506
    Abstract: Compounds of the Formula (I) as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that may be useful for treating aldosterone-mediated diseases are disclosed. Processes for preparing compounds of the Formula (I), use of the compounds for the therapy and prophylaxis of the abovementioned diseases and for preparing pharmaceuticals for this purpose, and pharmaceutical compositions which comprise compounds of the Formula (I) are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Ping Lan, Kun Liu, Anthony Ogawa, Hong Shen, Christine Yang, Yuguang Wang, Richard Beresis, Changhe Qi
  • Patent number: 9481655
    Abstract: Methods of inhibiting a receptor tyrosine kinase in a subject in need thereof. Methods of inhibiting the growth of a tumor cell in a subject in need thereof. Methods of treating pancreatic cancer in a subject in need of treatment for pancreatic cancer. Methods of treating HER2 positive breast cancer in a subject in need of treatment for HER2 positive breast cancer. Methods of treating drug resistant non-small cell lung cancer in a subject in need of treatment for drug resistant non-small cell lung cancer. Each of these methods can include administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: NATCO PHARMA LIMITED
    Inventors: Bhujanga rao Adibhatla Kali Satya, Ramanadham Jyothi Prasad, Bollepalli Nageshwara Rao, Nannapaneni Venkaiah Chowdary
  • Patent number: 9481675
    Abstract: Novel gyrase inhibitors and related compositions and methods are useful for impeding bacterial growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Christopher J Creighton, Leslie William Tari, Zhiyong Chen, Mark Hilgers, Thanh To Lam, Xiaoming Li, Michael Trzoss, Junhu Zhang, John Finn, Daniel Bensen
  • Patent number: 9469625
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds and methods of treatment relating to nicotinic receptor antagonists. For example, the compounds and methods of treatment function block the activity of certain acetylcholine receptors and subtypes therein, and are useful treating diseases and conditions mediated by nicotinic receptor stimulation, e.g., small cell lung cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: INTRA-CELLULAR THERAPIES, INC.
    Inventors: Peng Li, Youyi Peng, John Tomesch, Lawrence P. Wennogle, Qiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 9458105
    Abstract: This application discloses compounds according to generic Formula (I): wherein all variables are defined as described herein, which inhibit Btk. The compounds disclosed herein are useful to modulate the activity of Btk and treat diseases associated with excessive Btk activity. The compounds are further useful to treat inflammatory and auto immune diseases associated with aberrant B-cell proliferation such as rheumatoid arthritis. Also disclosed are compositions containing compounds of Formula I and at least one carrier, diluent or excipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Romyr Dominique, Francisco Javier Lopez-Tapia, Eric Mertz, Sung-Sau So
  • Patent number: 9452160
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention that the novel nicotinic receptor antagonists disclosed herein may be used in a broad array of clinical or medicinal facets. For example, it is a contemplated use of the present invention that the novel nicotinic receptor antagonists be used to inhibit the growth cycle of non-small cell lung cancer cells. Without being bound by theory, it is an object of the present invention that the nicotinic receptor antagonists disclosed herein are believed to possess reversible binding properties. Moreover, the compounds of the present invention are selective for 0.7 nAChR. For example, the compounds of the present invention are not believed to bind to 0.4 (32 nAChR neuromuscular receptors. It is also contemplated that the nicotinic receptor antagonists of the present invention will be used as a counter measure to treat exposure, or potential exposure, to a wide array of potential neurotoxins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: INTRA-CELLULAR THERAPIES, INC.
    Inventors: Youyi Peng, Lawrence P. Wennogle, Qiang Zhang, John Tomesch
  • Patent number: 9409873
    Abstract: The invention relates to the compounds and methods for inhibiting the Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor (CDKI) pathway. More particularly, the invention relates to compounds and methods for inhibiting the CDKI pathway for studies of and intervention in senescence-related and other CDKI-related diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: SENEX BIOTECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Donald C Porter, Igor B Roninson, Mark P Wentland
  • Patent number: 9408842
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new substituted pyrano and furanoquinolines having a great affinity for sigma receptors, especially sigma-1 receptors, as well as to the process for the preparation thereof, to compositions comprising them, and to their use as medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: LABORATORIOS DEL DR. ESTEVE S.A.
    Inventors: José-Luis Diaz-Fernández, Ute Christmann
  • Patent number: 9388181
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic molecules capable of modulating tyrosine kinase signal transduction in order to regulate, modulate and/or inhibit abnormal cell proliferation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Clarence Eugene Hull, III, Thomas C. Malone
  • Patent number: 9381171
    Abstract: A composition including dapsone for preventing or treating a side effect of a steroid in a subject, and methods for preventing or treating a side effect of a steroid using the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungchun Cho, Sangchul Park
  • Patent number: 9370506
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds that function as modulators of aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) enzymatic activity, as well as compositions and formulations comprising the compounds. The present disclosure provides therapeutic methods involving administering a subject compound, or a subject pharmaceutical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Daria Mochly-Rosen, Che-Hong Chen, Wenjin Yang
  • Patent number: 9365566
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are defined in the specification. The compounds are inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK). This disclosure also relates to materials and methods for preparing compounds of Formula 1, to pharmaceutical compositions which contain them, and to their use for treating diseases, disorders or conditions associated with BTK.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: John David Lawson, Mark Sabat, Christopher Smith, Haixia Wang, Young K. Chen, Toufike Kanouni
  • Patent number: 9353124
    Abstract: Bridged bicyclic aryl or heteroaryl substituted triazoles and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds are disclosed as being useful in inhibiting the activity of the receptor protein tyrosine kinase Axl. Methods of using the compounds in treating diseases or conditions associated with Axl activity are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane Goff, Jing Zhang, Rajinder Singh, Sacha Holland, Jiaxin Yu, Pingyu Ding, Joane Litvak
  • Patent number: 9353126
    Abstract: Substituted triazoles and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds are disclosed as being useful in inhibiting the activity of the receptor protein tyrosine kinase Axl. Methods of using the compounds in treating diseases or conditions associated with Axl activity are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane Goff, Jing Zhang, Catherine Sylvain, Rajinder Singh, Sacha Holland, Jiaxin Yu, Thilo J. Heckrodt, Pingyu Ding
  • Patent number: 9340532
    Abstract: Embodiments include compositions and methods of inhibiting CNKSR1 and methods of identifying inhibitors of CNKSR1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Phusis Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: D. Lynn Kirkpatrick, Martin Indarte, Nathan T. Ihle
  • Patent number: 9326987
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds for use in the treatment or prevention of influenza virus infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Julie Nicole Hamblin, Paul Spencer Jones, Suzanne Elaine Keeling, Joelle Le, Charlotte Jane Mitchell, Nigel James Parr
  • Patent number: 9314444
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of treating NASH or NAFLD by delivery of an effective amount of a composition comprising L-glutamine or butyric acid formulated for release in the colon by bypassing the upper digestive tract and stomach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: BioKier, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerzy Ryszard Szewczyk
  • Patent number: 9303045
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula: that are 5HT3 receptor antagonists and are therefore useful for the treatment of diseases treatable by inhibition of 5HT3 receptor such as emesis, pain, drug addiction, neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders, and GI disorders. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and processes for preparing such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Hitchcock, Holger Monenschein, Holly Reichard, Huikai Sun, Shota Kikuchi, Todd Macklin, Maria Hopkins
  • Patent number: 9290575
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are method of treating pain using comprising RANK/RANKL antagonists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: ANTECIP BIOVENTURES II LLC
    Inventor: Herriot Tabuteau
  • Patent number: 9284303
    Abstract: The present invention is related to novel benzimidazole compounds of formula (I) having cannabinoid receptor agonistic properties, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, chemical processes for preparing these compounds and their use in the treatment of diseases linked to the mediation of the cannabinoid receptors in animals, in particular humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Henricus Jacobus Maria Gijsen, Michel Anna Jozef De Cleyn, Michel Surkyn, Bie Maria Pieter Verbist
  • Patent number: 9278135
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and methods for treating retroviral infections and/or Hepatitis B viral infections. Some compounds of the invention are described by Formula I: or a stereoisomer, a diastereomer, an enantiomer or racemate thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Chimerix Inc.
    Inventor: Ernest Randall Lanier
  • Patent number: 9278081
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that compounds isolated from the leaves of the plant Eucalyptus camaldulensis can be used to treat or prevent hyperglycemia and/or hypertension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: University of The West Indies
    Inventors: Denise Daley-Beckford, Trevor Herbert Yee, Ruby Lisa Alexander-Lindo, Paul Bancroft Reese
  • Patent number: 9273034
    Abstract: The meglumine salt of 1-(5,6-dichloro-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid (compound (1)) and pharmaceutically acceptable formulations thereof are described. Such compounds may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by prolyl hydroxylase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Kia Sepassi, Michele C. Rizzolio
  • Patent number: 9266887
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) in which R, R1, R2 and R3 have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, are inhibitors of PDK1 and cell proliferation/cell vitality and can be employed for the treatment of tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Dorsch, Christian Sirrenberg, Thomas J. J. Mueller, Eugen Merkul, Gnuni Amatunu Karapetyan
  • Patent number: 9255073
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 1-benzyl-3-hydroxymethylindazole derivatives according to formula (I) described in the claims, and to a pharmaceutical composition comprising them, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of 1-benzyl-3-hydroxymethylindazole derivatives for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition that is active in the treatment of diseases based on the expression of MCP-1, CX3CR1 and p40, and to their use in a method for treating or preventing diseases based on the expression of MCP-1, CX3CR1 and p40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: AZIENDE CHIMICHE RIUNITE ANGELINI FRANCESCO A.C.R.A.F. S.p.A.
    Inventors: Angelo Guglielmotti, Guido Furlotti, Giorgina Mangano, Nicola Cazzolla
  • Patent number: 9241996
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for enhancing the activity of kinase inhibitors in target cells, and more specifically for enhancing the activity of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), said method comprising contacting a cell with a kinase inhibitor and a photosensitizing agent and irradiating said cell with light of a wavelength effective to activate the photosensitizing agent, and to the use of this method for enhancing the effects of kinase inhibitors or kinase inhibitor-based drugs in particular to achieve cell death, for example, in cancer treatment and other diseases or conditions in which kinase inhibitors, such as TKIs, have a beneficial effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: PCI BIOTECH AS
    Inventors: Anders Høgset, Anette Weyergang, P{dot over (a)}l Kristian Selbo, Kristian Berg
  • Patent number: 9241936
    Abstract: Disclosed is the use of rupatadine in the manufacture of pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating chronic obstructive bronchitis, obstructive emphysema or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The new medicament, i.e. rupatadine, for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is obvious in therapeutic effects, and low in toxic and side effects, and safe in use in the aspects of treating chronic obstructive bronchitis, obstructive emphysema or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: BEIJING WEIFENG YIMIN BIO-TECHNOLOGY LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventor: Zhuowei Hu
  • Patent number: 9238015
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to compositions with a health benefit. In particular, the invention relates to the field of cardiovascular disorders, for example, atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, stroke, and heart failure. A subject matter of the invention is a composition comprising 4-oxo-2-pentenoic acid for use in the treatment or prevention of cardiovascular disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Francia Jacqueline Arce Vera, Bertrand Bourqui, Timo Buetler, Stephane Duboux, Francis Foata, Philippe Alexandre Guy, Nicolas Page, Serge Andre Dominique Rezzi
  • Patent number: 9175017
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds useful as proteasome inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Inventors: Eric L. Elliott, Abu J. Ferdous, Michael J. Kaufman, Sonja A. Komar, Debra L. Mazaik, Quentin J. McCubbin, Phuong M. Nguyen, Vaithianathan Palaniappan, Raymond D. Skwierczynski, Nobel T. Truong, Csanad M. Varga, Peter N. Zawaneh
  • Patent number: 9163032
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to esters of 8-[2-(2-pentyl-cyclopropylmethyl)cyclopropyl]-octanoic acid (“DCPLA”). The disclosure further relates to compositions, kits, and methods for treatment using the esters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Insitute
    Inventors: Daniel L. Alkon, Thomas J. Nelson
  • Patent number: 9161940
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the long-term administration of a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) with a short half-life for the treatment of a variety of estrogen receptor-mediated conditions. The SERM may be administered at a concentration at or below that of a SERM with a long half-life in order to achieve an equivalent therapeutic effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: REPROS THERAPEUTICS INC.
    Inventors: Joseph S. Podolski, Ronald D. Wiehle